The Vietnam War Flashcards

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Vietnams Main Sources

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Rice, Rubber, Coal

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Strategies of The USA

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Strategic Hamlets
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Ranch Hand
Search and Destroy
Mylai Massacre
Cherries
The Media
Anti-War Movements

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Vietnam Tactics

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External Military support
Guerilla Warfare
Support From Locals
Fighting For Country
Tet Offensive
Ho Chi Mink Trails

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President Nixons Vietnamisation

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Is the Withdraw from War

By 1968 it was clear the United States was not going to win

1969 Nixon was elected as President
Nixon Doctryn Introduced ( WAM )
Won the hearts and mines of Vietnamese
Signified first implication of withdrawal
Eventually led to Withdrawal of groups from Vietnam
Us Combat soldiers were reduced

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Strategic Harmlets ( Villagisation )

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USA and SV created villages
Seperates Farmers from VietKong
Prevent VietKong from Influencing farmers
VietKong went unnoticed because they wore normal clothes
Americans killed innocent people

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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1965_Failed

Widespread bombing ( Cluster Bombs / Nalpam Chemical Bombs )

Reason- Cut off Chi Mink Trails and destroy NV economy
Failed to weaken economy
Could not see what they were bombing due to the thick vegetation

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Operation Rand Hand

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Use of chemical defoliants
Only destroyed Jungle and let to cancer and birth Defects

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Agent Blue

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Used to destroy crops
To starve the enemy

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Agent Orange

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Used to destroy forest
To see the enermy

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Search And Destroy

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Solders on foot in villages to try find the enermy
Vietnames tactic of Guerilla warfare made it near impossible in thick Vegetation
Americans killed innocent

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The Mylai Massacre

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USA Soldiers wooed fire on a village, raped the women and killed women and children as well as old people
News of horrific incident spread to the Us and demoralised the United States and Citizens
Strategy was A Failure

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Cherries

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The USA send inexperienced soldiers called cherrie
Began conscripting young men to fight the war
Failed as they had no cause or will to fight

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Media

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Was first TV war
Failed as horrible acts of burning down villages etc seen by US citizens

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Anti-War Movements

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There was a massive anti war movement happening in the USA which was another for USA eventual defeat

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External military support

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VietKong supported by China and USSR
Received military support to match Americans gun by gun
Went to to village Hamlets and took the weapons that were left by American Soldiers

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Guerilla warfare

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Hit and Run type Warfare
Nightmare for US soldiers
Booby traps got soldiers wounded, poisoned and let to many deaths

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Support from Locals

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Locals would give info on whereabouts of US soldiers

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Fighting for Country

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Vietnamese were fighting for country to be United under Ho Chi Mink
Had history fighting other countries ( Japan , France )
Gave upper hand

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Tet Offensive

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Major turning point
VietKong launched a series of surprise attacks in over 10 cities in SV on Tet Holiday
Vietnamese suffered many casualties but it was a victory as US public was shocked that VietKong could attack so easily
Evidence was now clear American was loosing the war
NV was fully involved with helping VietKong

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Ho Chi Mink Trails

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VietKong was supplied with military equipment and soldiers from the North
Supply routes through neighbouring countries, Laos and Cambodia
Some routes were underground